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Journalists walk away after they were refused access to cover the scene of the suicide bomb attack that targeted the National Security headquarters in Rawda, a high security district in the heart of the capital, Damascus, on July 18, 2012. Syrian defence minister General Daoud Rajha and brother-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, General Assef Shawkat died in the attack, whilst Interior Minister, Mohammed al-Shaar, was among the wounded. AFP PHOTO\ STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/GettyImages)